Speaking at a Retail Week conference, he said he wants to make Boots the beauty destination of choice by scrapping traditional beauty counters and introducing live demonstration areas manned by more than 200 specialists.

He said: "If we're going to make Boots the place you choose for beauty, we will need to make radical change. We have been behind the curve, no question."

Union Usdaw is calling on Walgreeens Boots to enter into talk about the potential job losses.

Spokesman Daniel Adams, said to the Mirror: "This is clearly very worrying news for the staff in all Boots stores and the Union will be doing all it can to support members during this difficult time.

"We would urge the company to engage with Usdaw as the trade union for Boots staff to ensure that all avenues to minimise job losses are explored during this critical time."

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